San Diego

A fire that began Thursday continued to burn Friday, encompassing 1,200 acres of brush near Miramar Naval Air Station, fire officials reported.

Some 150 firefighters on Friday fought the blaze, which officials said late Friday was contained but not under control. Five engines and a chief were to spend the night on the scene and new troops were to be dispatched this morning.

“It’s winding down,” Captain Jeff Frazier said late Friday, noting that nighttime weather conditions helped subdue the blaze. “But we’re winding up to send in some additional resources in the morning.”

Frazier said the department intended to dispatch to the scene three air tankers, 10 engines, one bulldozer, two hand crews of 13 each, and two water tankers by 9:30 a.m. today.

“It burned all night (Thursday) and we contained it, but it started up again after we attempted to have a controlled burn . . . (to remove) the most dangerous brush so it doesn’t remain a hazard,” said Larry Carlson, San Diego Fire Department spokesman.

Wind in the Miramar area Friday afternoon was blowing from the southwest at speeds of 7 to 12 m.p.h., according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ray Robben.

Carlson said the fire, which was also fought by aircraft, burned in an open area of high brush and wasn’t a threat to any buildings or structures.

“There are only rolling hills, steep canyons and open space,” he said.

In a separate brush fire Friday in Escondido, it took 95 firefighters an hour to contain a blaze that came within 20 feet of homes overlooking Lake Hodges on Via Loma Vista Street, officials said.

The fire, which started at 2 p.m., burned 15 acres of brush between Interstate 15 and Del Dios Highway, along the northern bank of Lake Hodges, Chief Richard Blacker of the Rincon Del Diablo Fire Department said.